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CoD Me

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:51:59 +0000

Things have been going very well at BCCHardware (my alter ego site), and this year we’ve seen growth that has impressed and amazed us. Not only have we reached the magic “Six Million” hits a month, we have signed up a few new advertisers and sponsors. It’s pretty darn incredible that it all started out by modding a few cases and posting some daily news. I’d like to thank you all for making www.bcchardware.com what it is today.

As part of our growth, we’ve added a new staff member – Regina McDougal – and she’s been invaluable in terms of editing photos of all the hardware that we review. The amazing thing is that she does this all gratis. What’s even more fun is that she’s a Call of Duty: World at War player and it may be true that she has a long way to go before she p0wns me, it’s still a lot of fun to lay the smack down online.

I’ve enjoyed it so much that I’ve actually joined a clan – TDRClan and have been hanging out with the likes of Onion, Ratmeat, HooRah and others. It’s been a good time to take a break from technology reviews, research and writing and just shoot something. If you play CoD 5, drop me a line and add {TDR}BCCZeus to your friends list.

It’s Over – DMC4

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:34:32 +0000

Alright. I was a little hasty when I first handed down the verdict that Devil May Cry 4 was lame. The fact still stands that requiring a person to buy a XBOX 360 controller (or something else with dual analog sticks and a POV pad) to play a computer game is a little lame. . . in fact it’s almost unforgiveable. It would be completely ludicris if the gameplay wasn’t fantastic. That being said, I’ve almost completely forgiven Capcom and Microsoft for making me buy a controller for two reasons. 1) The controller is very nice and the action is smooth, and 2) Devil May Cry 4 is a pretty sweet game.

The gameplay for me was a refreshing change from the traditional FPS games that I play and while the game was indeed short and quite easy (on the Human level), it has some replay value and I’ll be going back to play through again and possibly again.

Storyline and cutscenes are pretty well done and overall it was a positive experience – albeit at the expense of a controller. It’s a little dark, but what do you expect if the “Devel May Cry”.

DMC4 Update + Best Game Evar!

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:07:53 +0000

I did it. I broke down and picked up a XBOX controller for my computer. The beautiful thing is that used wireless controllers are dirt cheap and a wireless PC -> XBOX360 Adapter isn’t that expensive. The result is pretty good and the wireless connection so far is flawless. It still sucks that a person has to drop money into a console controller for a PC when you buy a PC game. I’m still steaming under the collar, but I’ll get over it as I slay the evil one.

On a little different note, I downloaded Major League Eating for the Wii through WiiWare and it’s a hoot. The crazy thing is that you can have eating contests with your friends around the world of the Wii WiFi connection. Check out a round of MLE as we go head to head!